Earthquake-like tremors felt in Delhi, neighbouring cities

The strongest earthquake tremors, lasting for several seconds, were felt in Delhi and neighbouring cities late on Tuesday evening. According to reports, the earthquakes in Turkmenistan, India, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan were felt 6.6 on the Richter scale. The epicenter of the earthquake is believed to be 90 km from Kalafgan in Afghanistan.

Earthquake-like tremors were felt in Islamabad, Lahore, and Peshawar, Pakistan, according to the ARY News report.

Besides Delhi, heavy tremors were also felt in Jammu and Kashmir, western Uttar Pradesh.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter Scale hit 133 km SSE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan on Tuesday at 10: 17 pm IST, said the National Centre for Seismology. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake rocked Afghanistan its epicentre, which was 40 kilometres south-east of the Afghan town of Jurm.

The Delhi Fire Services received a call about the tilting of a building in the Shakarpur area of East Delhi.

The tremors, which lasted for over 30 seconds, have been sparked by videos that have been coming in of people in panic.

Delhi has witnessed quake jolts in the past few months, but this was the strongest in recent past. Some residents of Nodia said they felt the tremors that they said lasted about 2 -- 3 minutes.